Washing-machine



(No Model.)

- P. ROCK, Jr. WASHING MACHINE.

No.559,811." PatentdMa 12,1896.

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FRANK ROCK, JR., OF SCHOOL HILL, VISCONSIN.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 559,811, dated May 12,1896.

Application filed February 11, 1896, Serial No. 578,946. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK ROCK, Jr. a citizen of the United States,residing at School Hill, in the county of Manitowoc and State ofWisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements invVashing-Machines 5 and I do declare the following to be afull, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The invention relates to rocker Washingmachines; and it consists in theparticular means employed to operate the rubber and to hold up the coverwhile clothes are being put in or taken out of the washer or suds-box.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a perspective view of the washing-machine,and Fig. 2 a vertical longitudinal section. I

In the drawings, A represents the suds-box, fulcrumed in the middle nearthe top, so as to be conveniently oscillated by a handle 13. It is madewith an arc-shaped and cross-ribbed bottom on which the clothes arelaid, and also ribbed vertically up the sides, while alongitudinally-ribbed roller is moved back and forth over the bozeribswith the garments between them, the box itself being vibrated in thewell-known manner. The rubbing of clothes with a fluted rubber over aribbed concave is also old and no part of my invention.

0 is the cover, hinged at one end and held down at the other by a latchI), while I) is a flat spring having near its free end a hole b As thecover is thrown back the free end of the spring slides over a fixed stud11 until the latter enters the hole IF, and thus holds it back.

In order to release the spring and allow the cover to be closed down,the fiat cross-bar Z) is hinged on its upper side and provided with thethumb-pieces or eyes 5 so that it may be turned to disengage the springfrom the stud.

D is a rod pivoted at one end to the framebar E and at the other to oneend of the elbow-lever F, which is itself pivoted at the other end tothe cover. At the vertex of lever F is pivoted one end of a bifurcatedrod G, whose bifurcations or arms g are jointed to the top of thelever-frame II, the latter being fulcrumed on a transverse bearing-rodI, fast on the cover, and across the middle of the longitudinal slots 1)in the cover J is a handle by which the cover may be raised and lowered,while K L is a hook-and-eye connection between the rocker and frame bywhich the suds-box may be held still while clothes are being put in ortaken out.

M are rubber bumpers against which the elbow-lever strikes.

Having thus described all that is necessary to a full understanding ofmy invention, what I claim as new, and desire to protect by LettersPatent, is

The combination with a rocker suds-box, having a cross-ribbed concave onthe inside, its supporting-frame, a slotted and hinged cover and alever-frame carrying the rubber, of a bifurcated rod, elbow-lever andthe pivoted rod D all arranged to operate together in the mannerdescribed.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK ROCK, JR. Witnesses:

FRED- R'UMPEF, H. F. KNORR.

